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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the forty-ninth night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-Ninth Night

c. 1560
gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper

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The original underdrawing is visible where the paint has flaked from Khujasta’s face.

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